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Only Skin Left After Weight Loss - Albany, NY
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This is my second time trying to get this done. I...
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This is my second time trying to get this done. I wrote a review before but can't find it now. I am 65 and a few years ago lost over 100 pounds with diet and then about another 20 with diet and exercise. I was able to shape up parts like my arms and legs that I was told would never firm up. But my neck and jowls were left hanging , figuratively and literally. I feel like I have a turkey scrotum on my neck. I hate it. I am having a lower face and neck lift with fat grafting and SMAS tightening on June 20th. I am scared. Have seen all the horror stories but my face looks like a horror story to me right now. So. I am doing it.
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June 10, 2016
Your comment about the turkey scrotum cracked me up. I swear I actually asked all the plastic surgeons I have interviewed, and there have been MANY, why I have a testicle in my neck. They all look at me like they have never met anyone quite like me before. Two have said I have a very thin neck and it is my salivary glands. The bottom line is I am terrified of #1. PAIN and #2. LOOKING LIKE I HAD A FACELIFT.
I have no tolerance for pain and I hate the women who look over 60 in every way, like their posture, their wrinkly arms and legs, the way walk, and so on. I don't want to look like my face does not match my body. I am 69 and I want to look like a better 69. My upper lids need to be done too. That I will do first. I have not been able to wear eyeliner and mascara for the past 2 years. I want my lids back. I hate being so vain but I guess I am. I used to be cute. I want to stop hating how my face looks. Please be sure to discuss pain in your post op posts. Wishing you the best for a speedy recovery and good outcome.
I have no tolerance for pain and I hate the women who look over 60 in every way, like their posture, their wrinkly arms and legs, the way walk, and so on. I don't want to look like my face does not match my body. I am 69 and I want to look like a better 69. My upper lids need to be done too. That I will do first. I have not been able to wear eyeliner and mascara for the past 2 years. I want my lids back. I hate being so vain but I guess I am. I used to be cute. I want to stop hating how my face looks. Please be sure to discuss pain in your post op posts. Wishing you the best for a speedy recovery and good outcome.
June 11, 2016
Well this guy I am going to seems to be very meticulous. He won't do light sedation, he won't do anything less than what he thinks you need, he will only do general sedation, requires total pre-surgical work up, is associated with a great hospital, was 9 years at Albany Medical Center, is the Jr Partner of a really respected doc . I won't go far away to do it. I have gone to the best of the best far away for other stuff and have been dissatisfied (not cosmetic stuff) So i am just going on feel and the info available. I am good with pain. I am a very active person with an auto immune who lives with chronic pain. I am a performance poet and a skier. I am a fairly wild child. Pain, meh, big deal. I had 24 surgeries for actually unavoidable things before I was 24 when I lived in a tipi with no electric or running water--yeah I was young, which helped for sure, but I hate my damn turkey neck, it is messing with me. A person just posted a don't do it warning at 10 days out. At 10 days out I don't think I would be in a panic yet. Maybe at 14-15 days I would want to talk to doc.but you know sh*t happens and it might. All you can do is ride it out and try to make it work. I want a better look. Vanity, yeah and also I want more confidence about how I look when I perform . Most of the other people are way younger or have really kept up and have had work done. I weighed 275 pounds for heaven's sake. I don't want those left overs.
June 12, 2016
ps. i don't want to look like a better 65. I have worked my ass off to keep in shape and not walk like a 65 year old. I want to look like I am 50 at the most. I don't know if that is unreasonable or not. I don't care either, I am going for it. I am still working on my arms and legs and belly. People told me at my age (62 at the time) that my skin would not be elastic enough for them to shrink without tons of loose skin) eel they were wrong. Yeah I have some and some crepey skin too, but it has become less and less as I worked out at the gym with weights IGNORING the instructors who said, oh you don't want to build, you want to tone, so do lighter reps with more reps. NO . I did heavier and heavier weights with as many reps as I can. Yeah my arms still suck compared to a lot of younger folks but they are so much better, and my legs and stomach too. Yeah, They have built up and I look sort of muscular in a way that I might not have liked as a younger woman, but now? Screw it. If I look strong, good. Maybe I will be strong. I ski all winter in double black diamond extremes at above 10,000 feet, so I better damn well be strong. There are some other old people up there skiing, but they are locals who have skied since they were kids. I didn't even start until my mid 40s. I am going to post an unretouched picture of me in a tank top. You can see for yourself. I hope the face part works as well as my own efforts.
June 13, 2016
I truly wish you the best. You have the courage and spunk to come out of this with a great outcome!
June 14, 2016
It just got postponed, I got a damned cold sore--I think from stress. September now. I was just cutting it too close with having to be in Colorado for court at 8000 feet+ in just a little over 2 weeks. I guess my body said, NO
June 16, 2016
Personally, after having gone through a facelift, I'm glad for you that it got postponed. I wouldn't want to travel just 2 weeks out. You need to try to have absolutely little to no stress afterwards for healing.
June 16, 2016
that is what the nurse said too when I called. I also would have been at high altitude meaning less O2. I was getting very stressed about the time frame. I have to testify in open court as a witness in a court case on the morning of July 11. So it would have been tight, No room for endless swelling or problems of any sort. Thanks dreamer
June 10, 2016
Btw, my primary care doctor is totally against it too. So is my dermatologist. My husband thinks it is crazy to do. I live just outside of DC and have had consultations in DC, Bethesda, and Baltimore. At least 10 consults. I am afraid. I will go to someone who only does eyes and faces.
June 11, 2016
Do not do it I had a neck lift last week and I am suffering with tighness round neck and lumps at side of neck procedure has been done to tight I wish I had my wrinkles and jowls do not destroy your self
June 11, 2016
oh no, I am sorry to hear this. It is sort of early on though , I think it is supposed to feel too tight at first. Also the lumps at the side I think are supposed to flatten out as you heal . Go back to doc and tell them.
June 29, 2016
This is the kind of thing that freaks me out. Feeling and/or looking too tight. Especially feeling it.
June 29, 2016
I think they should have told you that it was going to feel really tight for a while. I am sorry that it is freaking you out. I am pretty sure it is normal to feel tight. I mean it will definitely loosen up because that is the nature of skin, so it is probably good that it is tight now. Be Well
June 12, 2016
she went to North Carolina, not the Harley guy, somebody near Raleigh-Durham. She is good with hers. She went back to work in 4 days as a single parent she had to. My other friend went to one in Missouri and one in Mexico and both were fine and she is happy. I don't have much support , so the nay sayers freak me out, but I really hate turkey nuts.
UPDATED FROM wildjane10
11 days pre
Okay here are some pics
I am older , my primary care is against plastic surgery in general, and I keep wondering if I am insane. So I have been keeping a little mirror around to remind me of what I hate about my neck and jowls. I am a performer , and perform with mostly younger or more rock and roll type women, who have paid much attention to their looks. I raised two kids, one handicapped and took care of a very sick husband for decades. Now we can't afford this at all but I can't stand it. It is almost impossible to find ANY pictures where my neck is exposed, even if it is 200 degrees out with 100% humidity. I am having a scarf burning party when this is over.
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June 11, 2016
If you do decide to go for the op make sure the do not tighten your muscles tight good luck
June 12, 2016
thanks . they are not doing the muscles in my neck, only the loose skin. Apparently my platysmas muscles are fine. (However you spell that)
July 5, 2016
My goodness. The way you talk I think you have every reason to go ahead with this. Your energy and being don't seem to match with the way you say you see yourself. And you obviously have such a lovely face and such a great style. I think I have a bit of the same issue with my neck, but not the courage to take the step to sort it out. Such a great effort as well to lose the weight. I truly wish you the best and think it is so very sane that you are making this decision for yourself. I'm sure you will look great at the end of this all.
July 6, 2016
Thanks , I am pretty scared about it, but it really makes me feel bad looking at my neck, so I am going to do it. I didn't interview a ton of doctors, I talked to my dermatologist and just visited one doctor and read his resume and looked at his work. I feel okay about the doctor, the facility and the nursing. I also do not want to lead the area.
UPDATED FROM wildjane10
11 days pre
before weight loss,
wanted to show before and after pics of weight loss that wrecked my neck. I did it with diet and exercise only. The neck was my only real casualty.
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July 3, 2016
I'm a gym rat and I workout 5 days a week. Sometimes my bodyfat goes down and my face looks horrible. I started eating "Clean" like cutting out all sugar, drinking alot of water and making sure I hate alot of healthy fats and I swear that works, but it's hard to do if you're not used to it. Isn't aging fun??
July 3, 2016
I also work out about 5-6 days a week. But I eat 74% fat diet for a number of reasons. Dehydration , when I am not drinking enough water and my face gets dry makes me look harsh. Aging sux
July 3, 2016
also I 99% of the time don't eat sugar or grains, or beans . I have kidney issues which is why I never eat beans and why I eat more fat than protein.
July 3, 2016
OK good, the reason I mentioned it is b/c I was drinking Lupton green diet ice tea and I got a bigger waddle on one side only..now most of the time I drink water. How many surgeons have u interviewed before u decided on the one you selected?
I think it is from years of bad teeth . I have lumineers now that I don't love, but they are better than my real teeth. I think it is habit?
I am only supported by a few friends who think it is a good thing for me, but they would never do it and one friend who has done it but lives down in NYC area. Around here in rural land they just think I am nuts. I don't care. I perform on a stage and I am sick of it. Good luck on yours. I will check yours out. Everyone pretty much knows I am doing it. I am mostly scared of scars. I do have one friend in DC who is in her 70s who had one about 11 years ago and is still happy with it, and another one who went to Mexico and had one, also happy. So thanks, I hope I look better.
My daughter's name (oldest one) is Kat